Pack-carrier for shells and projectors



1. E. McNARY. ACK CARRIER FOR SHELLS AND PROJECTOBfi. APPu'cmmq FILED upv. 14. 918.

1 4; 7 mmm 7,1921.

UNITED. STATES JAMES E. MONARY, or ran UNITED STATES ARMY.

PACK-CARRIER non sHELns AND PRoJncrons.

Specification or, Letters Patent.

Application filed'November 14, 1918. Serial No. 262,624.

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T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs E. MCNARY, major in the United States Army, a citizen of the United States, stationed in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, have invented an Improvement in Pack.- Carriers for Shells and Projectors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention described herein may be used by the Government or any of its oflicers or employees in prosecution of workfor the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment of any'royalty thereon. V

The object of the present invention is the production of a pack carrier adapted to transport shells of such weight that two constitute a load for the ordinary pack animal. I

' The invention therefore consists in the structure of parts and in their combination for the specified purpose, substantially ,as herein set forth and claimed.

Inthe drawings which form a part of this specification, F i ure 1 is an end view of an embodiment o the invention wherein the carrier partakes of the pannier type; Fig. 2' is a side view thereof; Fig. 3 is a plan of the connecting link between panniers; and Figs. 4 and 5 are plan and partially sectionized edge views of one of the pad cushions. i

The back-pad for supporting the carrier is indicated by 6. It consists of layers of canvas and leather. quilted together. The back-pad is held to the pack animal bythe usual girth. Two shells constituting'the load are indicated at 7 and 8.. I

Each pannier consists of two sidebars 9 joined together at their lower ends by blocks 10 and at their upper ends by blocks 11. These blocks are prismatic save at'their ends which are reduced to rectangular crosssection for attachment by bolts 12 to the side bars 9- Cushioning pads 13 are secured to the under surfaces of blocks 10 and 11 respectively and upon the oblique outer faces of said blocks is attached the plank 14: which forms the main wall of the pannier. Along each side of. this lank chocks 15 are attached and across the ower end of said plank abutting said chocks is bolted the bracket 16 forming the bottom I 11 to takethe upperstrap l9. 1

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support of the pannier; Angle'platjes 17 I bolted to-side bars 9, have lag screws'18 passed through them into said chocks.

Straps 119 provided with buckles 20 are securedv to the plank 14 and to the chocks 15 whereby the shells are held in place, A i l I channel is cut inthe-oblique facejof block;

7 The panniers thus formed are hinged on pintles 21 to a connecting link which. is v arched to span the back of the pack animal. This connecting link (Fig. 3) consists of said pintles and joined byprismatic sticks 23 upon which is supported a fuse box 241. The panniers thus connected are confined to the back-padb by straps 25 attached to the lower faces of blocks 10 and passed through buckles 26' attached to the backtwo arched bars 22-hinged at their ends to ric and stitched to the projecting edge of j the base 27. Claims 2- 1. A shell carrier of the panniertype hav e v V ing an arched dorsal link, a pannier hinged to either side of the said-link and provided with-base and lateral supports for 'a'shell,

a back-pad, and straps and buckles for attaching the combined panniers to the backpad, each pannier being provided withcush- .ioned crossba'rs for supporting it upon the backad. V 2. shell carrier of the pannier type having an arched dorsal link, a pannier hinged to either side of the said link and provided with base and lateral supports fora shell,

a back-pad, and straps and buckles for-attaching the combined panniers to the backpad, each pannier consisting of side bars, wooden crossbars, amain wall of wood attached to the crossbars, chocks at the sides of said main wall, a bracketvat th'elower.

end'of the main wall and straps provided with buckles and embracing the'main wall, and chocks forretaining a shell in lace.

JAMES E. MO VARY. i 

